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06/01/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

One more drawback of opioids: Use them too early and the pain gets worse

As stories on the dangers of opioid use continue to come out, researchers have uncovered a potential link between these drugs and increased pain. The findings, presented at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting, showed that acute traumatic spinal cord injury patients who’d been prescribed opioids were more likely to feel pain a year […]

02/28/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Opioid use found to increase risk of serious bacterial infection

A new study published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine has found that opioid users are at a higher risk of serious bacterial infection. The researchers of the study at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) assessed whether prescription opioid use is an independent risk factor for serious bacterial infections called invasive pneumococcal diseases. […]

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